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Alessia De Cataldo

Politecnico di Bari

Italy

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Dr. Alessia De Cataldo is a third-year Ph.D. student in Aerospace Science and Engineering at Polytechnic of Bari in southern Italy. She is enrolled in an inter – university Ph.D. program between Polytechnic of Bari and University of Bari Aldo Moro. She conducts her research at the Chemistry Department of University of Bari under the supervision of Prof. Luigi Gentile. Her research focuses on the formulation and characterization of viscoelastic gels made from sustainable materials such as cellulose, its derivatives, and/or biocompatible polymers. These gels are designed to create highly efficient systems for trapping sustainable fuels.
In 2023, Dr. De Cataldo published her first paper on this topic, titled “Methyl Cellulose as a Non-Bonding Gelling Agent for Calcium Chloride Methanol Fuel Gels.” She is now preparing to submit her second paper on the gelation of ethanol. This work was partially conducted at the Computational and Soft Matter Physics Institute of the University of Vienna, where Dr. De Cataldo spent six months between December 2023 and May 2024, under the supervision of Prof. Roberto Cerbino. The final goal of her Ph.D. project is to explore the feasibility of gelling biodiesel.
Before beginning her doctoral research, Dr. De Cataldo worked on heterogeneous catalysis and the removal of pollutants from wastewater through physical-chemical adsorption using waste materials such as bentonite, a common clay.

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